情系海西——天趣海外杰出艺术家作品福州、厦门巡回展
展览时间：2009.12.23-2010.01.09
展览地点：福建美术馆、厦门美术馆
由香港天趣国际艺术发起、福建美术馆及厦门美术馆主办的“情系海西”—— 天趣海外杰出艺术家作品展将于2009年12月 23日～12月27日在福建美术馆及2009年12月31日～2010年1月9日在厦门美术馆隆重举行。本次展览得到中华人民共和国文化部文化市场发展中心、中国美术馆、福建文化厅、厦门市委宣传部、中国少数民族文化艺术基金会、北京国际艺术交流中心、清华大学美术学院高端培训中心、世界福州十邑同乡总会、马来西亚国际艺术家联盟、世界女艺术家理事会、比利时世界文化艺术交流中心、比利时华夏书画艺术研究院、香港油画研究会等各方的协助与支持，作为2009年度在福建的福州及厦门艺术界的一大盛事，福建省政府部门领导、海内外艺术家、艺术评论家及新闻媒体共同出席了展览的开幕式，共襄展览盛举。
本次展览题为“情系海西”，这表明了“情感色彩”与“海西文化”的共同作用将是本次展览的关键点。任何形式的艺术和表现方式的产生，往往都是因为情感的触动。“情”由心生，心之所向，方能有情。而心所向往的那个地方，无疑就是故乡。此次天趣国际艺术所推荐的几位海归派画家，他们都有个共同的故乡 —— 福建。以林鸣岗、王守清、许恩琦、俞山等为代表的海外闽籍画家，生于闽中，学在异国，相互交叉的文化背景影响和推动了他们的艺术创作，而艺术家独立的心性和所在国家不同的人文习俗，又使得他们的作品风格各异，有着极其强烈的个人面貌。旅法画家林鸣岗是自然美的追寻者和捍卫者，中国第三代旅法油画家代表人物之一。其作品深得印象派和古典主义的精髓，散发着优雅的法兰西田园气息。旅英的王守清在福建农村长大，对自然的关注与热爱形成了他独特的生活理念和表现艺术，画面语言极富跳跃性和视觉冲击力。而旅美画家许恩琦则对中国的传统艺术进行很好的传承和创新，其水墨作品画面温和，气韵生动，体现了天人合一、大道圆通的东方艺术精神。
但正所谓“羁鸟恋旧林”，对家乡的感激和怀念则是每一位海外游子的共同心声；对家乡无时无刻的关注、渴望为家乡的建设作出自己的贡献则是他们的情感依托。通过展览，把他们的作品呈现在故乡人们的面前，无疑是这种情感最好的表达方式。
近年来，福建省委、省政府在推进海峡西岸经济区建设的过程中，大力推进文化事业和文化产业发展，以提升文化软实力来为经济社会的发展提供强劲的动力和竞争力。逢此良机，天趣国际艺术中心凭着国际的视野和专业的精神，以及对闽文化的深刻理解，致力于中外艺术的推广与交流，为收藏家与艺术家提供良好的沟通平台。在对海外闽籍艺术家的推介上，天趣更是不遗余力。本次展览的成功举办就是一个有力的信号。无论是艺术风格的多样化，还是所涉题材的多面化，本次所展出的作品都达到一个很高的水平。人们不仅可以在展览上领略优秀海外华人艺术家的创作理念与作品面貌，共赏一首来自艺术和生命交织而成的奏鸣；同时，他们更会在作品之外体会到浓浓的故土情怀，以及这种情怀是如何给艺术家带来灵感，并深刻地影他们的创作的 —— 这正是本次展览的主旨所在。
"Haixi Affection" - Art of Nature International Overseas Outstanding Artists Art Traveling Exhibition - Fujian and Xiamen
Organized by Art of Nature International, Fujian Art Gallery and Xiamen Art Gallery, “Haixi Affection — Art of Nature International Overseas Outstanding Artists Art Exhibition” will be held from 23nd Dec to 27th Dec 2009 in Fujian Art Gallery and from 31st Dec 2009 to 9th Jan 2010 in Xiamen Art Gallery.
The event is sponsored and supported by the Culture Market Development Centre of the Department of Culture; National Art Museum of China; Fujian Provincial Department of Culture; Xiamen Municipal Department of Promotion; China Ethnic Foundation; Minority Foundation; Beijing International Art Exchange Centre; Toptech Training Centre at the School of Visual Art, Tsinghua University; World Federation of Fuzhou Associations Ltd.; Malaysian International Artists Alliance; Council of World Female Artists; World Culture; and Art Exchange Centre, Belgium; Hua Xia Academy of Painting and Calligraphy Art and Hong Kong Oil Painting Research Society. As a grand occasion in Fuzhou, Fujian and Xiamen art circle in 2009, the department leaders in Fujian government, overseas and local artists, art critics and press and media all attend the opening ceremony of the exhibition.
The theme“ Haixi Affection” implicates that the exhibition focuses on both emotion color and the culture of Haixi. Every form of arts and the ways being presented are often caused by emotional touch. In most cases their sentiments come from the connection with their hometown. Our selected artists who returned from overseas come from the same hometown, Fujian. Artists Lin Minggang, Wang Shouqing, Xu Enqi and Yu Shan were born in Fujian and studied art overseas. Such cross-cultural background has brought influence on their art creations. Their artworks are different in styles and highly individualistic as they have different individual dispositions and being immersed in different countries’ customs.
Lin Minggang, the French-based painter, is the pursuer and defender of the beauty of nature. He is one of the representatives of the third generation Chinese oil painters in France. Lin’s works express the natural, beautiful, but simple landscapes of France, with the essence of impressionism and classicism. Grew up in countryside area in Fujian, the England-based painter, Wang Shouqing’s appreciation of nature and sensitivity towards it have shaped his way of presenting art. His paintings are extremely rich in language and visuality. Based in America, Xu Enqi is specialized in Chinese traditional art. In his paintings, the traditional aspects of Chinese art are inherited and at the same time they are presented in an innovative way. Xu’s water ink works are painted in a temperate style yet in a vivid tone, manifesting the Eastern art spirit that man is an integral part of nature.
Despite the differences in individual painting styles, these overseas artists have a common voice, which is their gratitude toward their hometown. They pay constant attention to their hometown and wish to make contribution to it. It is undoubtedly one of the best ways to express their feelings by presenting their artworks to the people in their hometown in the exhibition.
In recent years, Fujian government has been largely promoting the development of cultural industry, which is believed to help to increase the power and competitiveness of the society. With the international vision, professional spirit, and profound understanding in Fujian culture, Art of Nature International is devoted to the development of Chinese-Western art exchange and provides artists and art collectors a platform for communication. We have been putting enormous effort on promoting overseas-based artists who are from Fujian. All the art pieces in the exhibition are of high standard and diversified in artistic themes and styles. In the exhibition, art lovers could understand artists’ ideas on their art production, at the same time artists’ sentiment towards their hometown and how it influences their works can also be realized.